Grant Gerlock
ReporterGrant Gerlock started covering Des Moines and central Iowa for IPR in March 2019. Before that he covered food, agriculture and rural life for Harvest Public Media at NET in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his work was recognized with a Regional Murrow Award and awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Grant has a master’s degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm outside of Cumberland in southwest Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor. You can contact Grant at ggerlock@iowapublicradio.org.
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The hearing over Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed carbon capture pipeline is changing gears with company leaders taking questions about the project. -
The Republican interim county auditor who was selected for the post overseeing elections in June will be replaced by a Democrat who held the deputy auditor position.
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It was the first day of testimony before the Iowa Utilities Board, which will decide whether to approve the pipeline route and Summit’s use of eminent domain.
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South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said competition in education and support for police are campaign priorities. He claimed the latest Trump indictment is politically motivated.
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Pence told potential voters at the Iowa State Fair that not “any one person” can determine who is president, while asking Republicans to choose a new leader for the party going into the next election.
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Burgum stressed his credentials in the software industry and as a two-term governor in his appearance before potential voters at the Iowa State Fair.
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The list is the district’s effort to comply with a new law that bans teaching about LBGTQ topics through sixth grade and requires schools to remove books with sexual content.
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Republican lawmakers in Iowa passed a new “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban during a special legislative session on Tuesday. The bill would effectively ban abortion after about six weeks into the pregnancy.
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Iowa Republican lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday to ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy as hundreds of Iowans protested abortion restrictions at the Capitol.
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In its first year, Iowa’s program to pay private school tuition drew twice as many applicants as estimated.
